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mer

See also: MER, Mer, mér, mêr, měr, mer-, -mer, měŕ, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

mer (plural mers)

  1. (chemistry) A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
    • 2010, Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (4th Edition), page 9:
      A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

mer pl (plural only)

  1. (fantasy) merpeople
    • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, page 65:
      There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.

Etymology 3Edit

See mayor.

NounEdit

mer (plural mers)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.

NounEdit

mer n (plural meari/meare)

  1. apple
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.

NounEdit

mer m (plural meri)

  1. apple tree
Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin merus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mer (feminine mera, masculine plural mers, feminine plural meres)

  1. mere, simple

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mer f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)

  1. mare, female horse
    Synonym: ryssa

DeclensionEdit

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mer merin merar merarnar
Accusative mer merina merar merarnar
Dative mer merini merum merunum
Genitive merar merarinnar mera meranna

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mer f (plural mers)

  1. sea (large body of water)
    • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime
      J'aime, j'aime, j'aime la solitude parfois. mais j'aime pas les cris quand ils ne s'arrêtent pas, quand les émotions me plongent en mer enragée, quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer.
      I love, I love, I sometimes love the loneliness/solitude. But I don't love the crying [cries] when it [they] won't stop, when the emotions plunge me into the enraged sea, when the absence of myself makes me wander.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Antillean Creole: lanmè
  • Haitian Creole: lanmè
  • → Volapük: mel

Further readingEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to believe, have faith in dare”).[1]

VerbEdit

mer

  2. (auxiliary with an infinitive) to dare (to have the courage to do something)
    Nem merek bemenni. ― I don’t dare to enter / I daren’t enter.
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of mer
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merek mersz mer merünk mertek mernek
Def. merem mered meri merjük meritek merik
2nd-p. o. merlek ―
Past Indef. mertem mertél mert mertünk mertetek mertek
Def. mertem merted merte mertük mertétek merték
2nd-p. o. mertelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mernék mernél merne mernénk mernétek mernének
Def. merném mernéd merné mernénk
(or mernők) 		mernétek mernék
2nd-p. o. mernélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merjek merj or
merjél 		merjen merjünk merjetek merjenek
Def. merjem merd or
merjed 		merje merjük merjétek merjék
2nd-p. o. merjelek ―
Infinitive merni mernem merned mernie mernünk mernetek merniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms 		Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
merés merő mert merendő merve merhet
Derived termsEdit
Expressions

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to dive, plunge”).[2]

VerbEdit

mer

  2. (transitive) to ladle, scoop (to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl-shaped object and let it fill)
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of mer
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merek mersz mer merünk mertek mernek
Def. merem mered meri merjük meritek merik
2nd-p. o. merlek ―
Past Indef. mertem mertél mert mertünk mertetek mertek
Def. mertem merted merte mertük mertétek merték
2nd-p. o. mertelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mernék mernél merne mernénk mernétek mernének
Def. merném mernéd merné mernénk
(or mernők) 		mernétek mernék
2nd-p. o. mernélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merjek merj or
merjél 		merjen merjünk merjetek merjenek
Def. merjem merd or
merjed 		merje merjük merjétek merjék
2nd-p. o. merjelek ―
Infinitive merni mernem merned mernie mernünk mernetek merniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms 		Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
merés merő mert merendő merve merhet
Derived termsEdit

(With verbal prefixes):

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry #1806 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. ^ Entry #1805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Further readingEdit

  • (to dare): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (to ladle): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

HunsrikEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mer

  1. unstressed dative of ich.

InflectionEdit

Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Further readingEdit

LivonianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Akin to Finnish meri.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

me'r

  1. sea

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mer (83)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) mer mierūd
genitive (genitīv) mier mierūd
partitive (partitīv) mīerda meŗḑi
dative (datīv) mierrõn mierūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) mierkõks mierūdõks
illative (illatīv) mierrõ mierīž
inessive (inesīv) miersõ meŗši
elative (elatīv) mierstõ meŗšti

LolopoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Loloish *mo² (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂿꃅ (mo mu).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mer 

  1. (Yao'an) sky, heaven

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mer

  1. unstressed form of mir

DeclensionEdit

Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du de dech — dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) — eis (ons) — eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

NounEdit

mer f (plural mers)

  1. sea (large body of water)

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

MòchenoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-Germanic *miz, dative and instrumental of *ek. Cognate with German mir, English me.

PronounEdit

mer

  1. dative of i: me, to me

ReferencesEdit

Northern KurdishEdit

 
mer

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mer f

  1. spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse meiri.

AdjectiveEdit

mer

  1. comparative degree of mye

AdverbEdit

mer

  1. more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

NounEdit

mer f (oblique plural mers, nominative singular mer, nominative plural mers)

  1. sea (large body of water)

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *maiz.

AdverbEdit

mēr

  1. more

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Cognate to German wir, mir.

PronounEdit

mer

  1. we, first person plural nominative pronoun.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mer
Nominative Accusative Dative
1st - Singular ich mich mir
mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular du
de (unstressed) 		dich dir
der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine er ihn
en (unstressed) 		ihm
em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine sie
se (unstressed) 		sie
se (unstressed) 		ihre
re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter es es ihm
em (unstressed)
1st - Plural mir
mer (unstressed) 		uns uns
2nd - Plural dihr
der (unstressed) 		eich eich
3rd - Plural sie sie ihne
ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite Sie Sie Ihne
Ne (unstressed)
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Cognate to German mir.

PronounEdit

mer

  1. me, to me, first person singular dative pronoun.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mer
Nominative Accusative Dative
1st - Singular ich mich mir
mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular du
de (unstressed) 		dich dir
der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine er ihn
en (unstressed) 		ihm
em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine sie
se (unstressed) 		sie
se (unstressed) 		ihre
re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter es es ihm
em (unstressed)
1st - Plural mir
mer (unstressed) 		uns uns
2nd - Plural dihr
der (unstressed) 		eich eich
3rd - Plural sie sie ihne
ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite Sie Sie Ihne
Ne (unstressed)
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

mer

  1. one, indefinite third person singular nominative pronoun.

ReferencesEdit

  • Kate Burridge, Changes with Pennsylvania German, in Ethnosyntax (2002), page 226: mer saage nett […] (we don't say […] )

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French maire. Doublet of major.

NounEdit

mer m pers

  1. mayor (in France and other countries, the chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc.)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mer
singular plural
nominative mer merowie
genitive mera merów
dative merowi merom
accusative mera merów
instrumental merem merami
locative merze merach
vocative merze merowie
Derived termsEdit
adjective
noun

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English mer, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

NounEdit

mer m inan

  1. (chemistry) mer, repeat unit
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mer
singular plural
nominative mer mery
genitive meru merów
dative merowi merom
accusative mer mery
instrumental merem merami
locative merze merach
vocative merze mery
Related termsEdit
noun

Further readingEdit

  • mer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • mar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

NounEdit

mer m (plural mers)

  1. (Puter) sea

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish mēr, from Old Norse meir, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mer

  1. Comparative form of mycket, used in construction of comparative form of certain adjectives; more.

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mer ? (plural mers)

  1. sea

WelshEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mer

  1. Nasal mutation of ber (“short”).

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ber fer mer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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